Cruising area · Åland · North Sea and Baltic
Boat insurance for Åland
The archipelago sits exactly in the opening between the Gulf of Bothnia and the Baltic, with heavy ferry traffic straight through it. Between the islands it is sheltered; in between there are open stretches where a sea builds quickly. As everywhere in the archipelago, rock is the main hazard, together with the wash of large ferries in narrow passages.
- Season
- June to August
- Berth
- €€ moderate
- Winter storage
- ashore storage usual, frost protection needed
- Position
- 60° 12,0' N 020° 0,0' E
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Berths, season and winter storage
The season is June to August with berths in the middle price band. Winter brings ice, so ashore storage is standard. If you plan the crossing from Stockholm or Turku, know your bolt holes, because the open sections offer little shelter.
What this means for your policy
Åland belongs to the Scandinavia cruising range. The islands are Finnish territory with their own administration; irrelevant for insurance, but not for customs and reporting. Check whether your policy includes ice and frost damage if you leave the boat there.
Questions and answers
What owners ask about this area
Is ice and frost damage insured if the boat stays there?
No. Weather influences such as ice and frost are expressly excluded unless they follow a storm. The archipelago freezes over, which is why storage ashore with everything drained is the standard here rather than a precaution.
Is wash from the big ferries a hull claim?
If it makes the boat work against a pontoon, a pile or a neighbouring boat, that is a collision with a fixed or floating object and covered from Basis-Plus. The ferry routes run right through the area, so look at the chafe points regularly: wear itself is insured in no tariff.
Åland is Finnish with its own administration. Does that change anything?
Not for the insurance: what counts is the agreed cruising range, and here that is Scandinavia. Customs and reporting follow their own rules, which you should settle independently of the policy.
Cruising range
In the calculator this area belongs to the cruising range: Skandinavien
Hazard spots nearby
And one level down: the individual marinas, anchorages and mooring fields.
